Traer, IA is a small town filled with friendly people and a close-knit community. Though it is a small town, Traer still has its fair share of local politics. The city council consists of five members, all of whom are elected by the citizens in the area. Elections occur every two years for new council members and each member serves as an advocate to their constituents. Issues debated in the council include infrastructure projects, budgeting decisions, land use proposals, and other topics that might affect the residents of Traer. Additionally, the mayor is elected every four years by popular vote and works alongside the council to ensure that Traer’s politics are aligned with the values of its citizens. In this way, local politics helps to keep Traer running smoothly and build relationships between government officials and citizens.
The political climate in Traer, IA is moderately conservative.
Tama County, IA is moderately conservative. In Tama County, IA 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tama county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.5%.
Tama county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Traer, IA is moderately conservative.
Tama County, Iowa is moderately conservative.
Iowa is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Traer, Iowa: d d D d R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Traer, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $5,076 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $5,305 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)